Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Coin Finds in Britain(2013) CUDDEFORD, MICHAELProvides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
1688(2011) PINCUS, STEVEBased on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England’s Glorious Revolution to claim that it—not the French Revolution—was the first truly modern revolutionVezava: Mehka47,52 € -
Queens Consort(2009) HILTON, LISAEngland from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Victoria's Wars(2007) DAVID, SAULExplores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expandVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Chartism(2007) CHASE, DR. MALCOLMNo British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book is the only history to offer complete, in-depth coverage of the full chronological spread of its activities (1838-58), based throughout on detailed research. -Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Mary Tudor(2010) WHITELOCK, PROFESSOR ANNAIn the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. This title tells of Mary's Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
My East End(2000) O'NEILL, GILDALondon's East End is a place that is at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. This title traces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, and jellied eels.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
If Walls Could Talk(2012) WORSLEY, LUCYWhy, for centuries, did people fear fruit?All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home. Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, inVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wars of the Roses(2009) LANDER, J RThe dynastic struggles of the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) have traditionally been portrayed as belonging to one of the most dramatic periods in the history of England, an age of murder and melodrama.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Triumph and Tragedy(2005) CHURCHILL, WINSTONWinston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Their Finest Hour(2005) CHURCHILL, WINSTONWinston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Towton: The Battle of Palm Sunday Field(2014) SADLER, JOHN* Graphic new account of the bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses * Reconstructs the fighting in vivid detail * Insight into the rival commanders Edward IV and the Duke of Somerset * Incorporates the results of recent archaeological research * Sets tVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Stonehenge(2009) HILL, ROSEMARYStonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. This title provides wide-ranging history of the megalithic structure, froVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Plimsoll Sensation(2007) JONES, NICOLETTEThe story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
That Sweet Enemy(2007) TOMBS, ISABELLE,TOMBS, ROBERTTheir rivalry both on peace and war, for good and ill, has shaped the modern world, from North America to India in the eighteenth century, in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it is still shapinVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Heaven's Command(2012) MORRIS, JANTells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Farewell the Trumpets(2012) MORRIS, JANFarewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Pax Britannica(2012) MORRIS, JANThe second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Isabella(2012) WEIR, ALISONDescribed by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history.Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
